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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Scotland · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for East Renfrewshire. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
8,033 approved · 685 refused · 348 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Jan 2000 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
We haven’t verified direct planning guidance links for this authority yet. Use its official website in Council sources.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland. Contains Historic Environment Scotland and Ordnance Survey data © Historic Environment Scotland – Scottish Charity No. SC045925 © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data is indicative and may not contain the latest designations.
59 Lothian Drive Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7NA
Received 27 Jun 201955 Alyth Crescent Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 8PF
Received 27 Jun 20199 Lochbroom Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5DY
Received 27 Jun 201933 Roddinghead Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G46 6TN
Received 27 Jun 20193 Alder Court Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 2ED
Received 28 Jun 201932 Edzell Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5QY
Received 28 Jun 201910 Abercorn Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6NA
Received 27 Jun 201921 Norwood Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7LS
Received 1 Jul 201948 Paidmyre Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5AJ
Received 2 Jul 201912 Field Grove Busby East Renfrewshire G76 8SN
Received 2 Jul 2019McDonalds 121 - 123 Main Street Thornliebank East Renfrewshire G46 7RY
Received 2 Jul 2019McDonalds 121 - 123 Main Street Thornliebank East Renfrewshire G46 7RY
Received 2 Jul 201924 Norwood Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7LS
Received 2 Jul 201922 Brownside Avenue Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1HY
Received 3 Jul 201918 Evan Crescent Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6NJ
Received 3 Jul 201926 Beechlands Drive Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7XB
Received 3 Jul 2019Bonnyton Farm Bonnyton Moor Road Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0PY
Received 5 Jul 201999 Harvie Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6LH
Received 8 Jul 2019Advertising Station Carlibar Road Barrhead East Renfrewshire
Received 9 Jul 20194 Lethington Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G46 6TB
Received 9 Jul 20198 Merrycroft Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6DA
Received 9 Jul 2019Mearnswood 60 Stewarton Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6NP
Received 10 Jul 201944 Easterton Avenue Busby East Renfrewshire G76 8JJ
Received 10 Jul 201912 Mearns Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7EU
Received 11 Jul 2019Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
Planning procedures in Scotland differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for East Renfrewshire, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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